US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on Feb. 10 for "Spinal implant system and method" (Tennessee, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,110, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Spinal implant system and method" was invented by Larry T. McBride (Germantown, Tenn.), Rex W. Armstrong (Cordova, Tenn.), Domagoj Coric (Charlotte, N.C.) and Robert M. Loke (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spinal implant includes a receiver having a first arm connected to a first extension and a second arm connected to a second extension. The arms are connected to the extensions via a break away surface. The arms include a proximal most end surface and the receiver includes an implant receiving surface. The proximal most end surface and t...